I love a gorgeous Christmas tree — if it’s still planted in the yard — surrounded with tiny outdoor lights in soft colors that don’t blink.
Every year, millions of trees are cut down to adorn our homes for a few weeks, and then thrown to the curb awaiting trash pickup.
We probably kill more fir trees between Thanksgiving and Christmas than a bolt of lightning hitting a drought plagued mountainside.
But there is another source of Christmas fearcheer only someone who is owned by a cat or dog understands.
This is the time of year when you find that the neatly wrapped presents have morphed into piles of paper littering the floor — with the tree piled on top.
In honor of the reasons why I don’t have a Christmas tree, I bring you this:
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And here are two other reasons I don’t have a…
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I love that little cartoon about how the dog messed up the tree. Enjoy your holidays!
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HAhahaaha soooo cuuuute! Love it! Have a wonderful Christmas, Rae! xoxo
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I hope yours was as great as mine was. Don’t you have little ones? That always makes Christmas special. I had to make do with photos texted of my great-grand niece.
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Yes I do! Two little ones – a toddler and a baby 🙂 And yes, they do make our Christmas very, very special! 🙂
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Yes! Great point… we have an artificial tree that gets brought out every year. The grandchildren used to decorate it, but this year they both felt a bit too grown up to tackle it.
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Aaaaww, disappointing for Grandma I’ll bet.
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Fortunately Papa was on hand to step in and do a marvellous job – and while it happened a bit sooner than I’d expected (Oscar has reached the grand old age of 10) it is inevitable. Grandparents have to expect to take more of a back seat as their grandchildren get sucked into the whirlpool of afterschool activities and meeting up with their friends, I think.
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